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Car bomb kills Somalis watching Euro 2024 final

Several people have been killed after a car bomb exploded outside a popular cafe packed with football fans in the…

EFCC, where are we on the Betta Edu probe?

It has been over six months since the erstwhile Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu was…

Scores of terrorists killed in airstrikes in Kaduna — NAF

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the air component of Operation Whirl Stroke has eliminated scores of terrorists in recent…

NNPC stake in Dangote Refinery is 7.2% – Dangote

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited now owns a 7.2% stake in the…

Experts call for another major restructuring and CBN intervention in Nigerian banking

Nigerians are underserved and being punished by the inadequacies, inefficiencies and lack of governance in the banking industry, most of…

Dangote to list refinery, fertiliser plants on NGX

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has announced that the group intends to list its multibillion-dollar companies – Dangote…

APC and Nigeria’s Decade of Deterioration and Distress

Today, I present this column as a critique of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) governance in Nigeria. In my view, the…

Kidnapped journalists: Information minister receives freed victims, salutes NSA, others

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has welcomed the release of two-Kaduna based journalists who were…

Destiny is all, by Ibrahim Maigari Ahmadu

A few days ago, the President of Nigeria, H.E. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, approved the appointment of Dr. Abubakar Mahmud…

Brain tumour: 38-year-old female journalist seeks N5m for surgery

A 38-year-old female journalist in Bauchi State, Hafsat Abdulhamid Adebayo, is battling to raise N5 million to enable her undergo…